Basic Details
Surname
Fishpool
Forenames
John Henry
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
20273
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 97 Wellington Street. It misrecords him as being in 3rd Battalion Norfolk Regiment.

(CWGC records that Private J H Fishpool, regimental number 20273, died aged 41 on 1/2/1917 while serving in 1st Battalion Norfolk Regiment, and is buried in Plot F, Row 3, grave 12 at Calais Southern Cemetery in France. Soldiers Died in the Great War records him as a native of Stamford who enlisted at Peterborough in the 1st Battalion Norfolk Regiment. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects record that he died in Calais Hospital, and that his widow Mary was his legatee. The Medal Rolls record that he only ever served in the 1st Battalion. On the 1911 census he was living at 97 Wellington Street, Peterborough with his wife and their 6 surviving children).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Norfolks
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
3rd
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Pte
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Not stated
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1917
Month of death
February
Day of death
1
Manner of death as stated
Died in France from exposure
Manner of death reference
Other
Personal Details
Address
97, WELLINGTON ST
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial